Video: Thanksgiving PSA of the day

posted at 4:10 pm on November 20, 2009 by Allahpundit

I had hoped that, like the noble White House turkey, we too would be given a reprieve this Thanksgiving. Alas, there’s no escaping the Hopenchange, my friends. I’m surprised the NFL didn’t offer to let him guest-referee one of the games, frankly. That would have kept him on TV for three full hours and cast him in the sort of “above the fray” role he seems to enjoy so much in international relations.

Not shown: An illegal horse-collar tackle made by Glenn Beck after the whistle.

Update: From lorien1973 in the comments: “It’s a metaphor right? Brees is … throwing the ball (a paycheck, a job, whatever) to the kid running in the background. Instead Obama intercepts it and gives it to another kid who didn’t even try to catch the ball.”

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Through mutual friends in New Orleans, I know for a fact that Brees is a diehard conservative. He was definitely holding his nose and doing what he had to do for the kids and also probably because the NFL made him.

It was a very badly written and produced PSA, and Obama is horribly over-exposed in general, but I admire the NFL’s objective to help kids across the country.

I liked the NFL’s work on this under Bush, I’ll like the NFL’s ongoing work on this under Obama, and I’ll like their future work on this under whoever trounces Obama in 2012.

That being said, if they wanted to harness Obama’s “star power” they could have had him do a simple voice-over. No need for him to physically appear in an ad about an initiative that’s focused around KIDS and NFL PLAYERS!

I went from neutral on the Saints to rooting against them when 3 years after Katrina every nationaly televised game they played was so special because they were able to carry on after Katrina.

cobrakai99 on November 20, 2009 at 6:57 PM

3 years after Katrina would be last season. They weren’t on that many nationally televised games.

Some of you need to get educated in the history of the New Orleans team-it’s heartwarming and heartbreaking at the same time, going all the way back to their first game in 1967. Anyone who knows what they have been through over the decades should be cheering them on.

In the early years, their quarterback was great (he has 2 sons playing QB in the NFL right now, named Peyton and Eli) but never had a great team around him.

It took them 21 years to get to their first playoff game. And despite having the 3rd-best overall W-L record in the NFL over a 10 year period in the late 1980s and early 1990s, they never won a playoff game. A big factor in this was that the deck was stacked against them by their being placed (stupidly) in the NFC West, where they were regularly beaten by the 49ers.

And don’t forget, some of the buzz over the Saints after Katrina wasn’t because of the hurricane, but because they put together an incredible season that took them all the way to the NFL Championship game. Sadly they had to play in winter weather in Chicago, and Dat was Dat.

Drew: The fact that they’re talking about taking [the Guantanamo terrorists] overseas to other countries, where the US would have to pay those countries to house them, I think the money it would cost do all that . . . Guantanamo Bay is one of those bases that it’s been down there for over a hundred years. Keep in mind that Cuba is a communist country it’s probably good that we have a base there just to keep and eye on them. It’s a pretty strategic base in regards to getting to the Atlantic. So for a lot of reasons we should keep that base and all the troops there are doing a great job.

It was a very badly written and produced PSA, and Obama is horribly over-exposed in general, but I admire the NFL’s objective to help kids across the country.

The NFL has been encouraging kids to be active for years. Those Play60 commercials play during every NFL game on Sunday. Getting Barry involved was completely unnecessary. Barry’s narcissim knows no bounds

And good God!, I didn’t think it was possible but he throws a football worse than he does a baseball. Even worse than John Kerry!

Apparently no one on Barry’s team vetted Brees….seems to not agree with Barry on Gitmo.

I question the editing. First of all, right after ObaMao catches the ball, you know some hair god safety just takes out those bird legs. After further review, receiver never had possession. And they’re still looking for some of his parts.

And then the tip ball to the Obama youth- no defender makes contact in between- denied!

This toad better stick to roundball- he can’t run the country or play football.

Somebody edit this video and put Sarah Palin coming across the middle to clothesline Barry right as he touches the ball. A good old slobber-knocker delivered by the free safety! I might even pay to see that.

Great story! I was born a Skins fan (still am despite Dan $nyder :P) but became a Saints fan when I moved to NOLA in ’98. My first NFL game was a Saints game, because tickets were very very easy to get. Also I had NEVER heard of NFL blackouts due to ticket sales (happened a lot down there before they started winning) since the Skins were always on TV.

Long story short (too late!): Go Skins and GEAUX SAINTS! Wish Brees played in DC, what a classy and talented guy!!!